Reverse Dictionary: GATHER

ADJECTIVES
1583 — CLUSTEROUS  in a cluster, thronging, gathering close together → obs.
1905 — RANDY fond of attending social gatherings → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
..950 — SAMENING a gathering, an assembly → obs.
1382 — QUELET a gathering, collection; congregation → obs.
1400 — OMNIGATHERUM omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley  → obs.
1450 — SKULK a number, company, or gathering of person or animals given to skulking, as a ‘skulk of foxes’, a ‘skulk of heretics’ → obs.
1485 — FEAST a gathering for pleasure or sports → obs.
1530 — OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder
1588 — HEAD a body of people gathered → obs.
1704 — CABAL a group of people met together for gossip or drinking → Sc.
1721 — INGETTING the act of gathering in or receiving → Sc. obs.
1760 — QUORUM a gathering, esp. of friends for social purposes; a company → Sc., chiefly poetic usage
1766 — LEVEE a formal or fashionable social event, often held in someone’s honour; a less formal social gathering, often held as a fundraiser → Amer. dial.
1778 — KICKUP a social gathering with games and dancing → Amer. dial.
1781 — SANS SOUCI a free-and-easy social gathering → obs.
1785 — BIKE a gathering, an assembly of people → Sc.
1815 — RALLY a disorderly crowd; a boisterous assembly of people; a great gathering → Sc.
1820 — EARTH-QUAKE a social gathering → Eng. dial. 
1820 — HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering → Sc.
1840 — KAILIE → KALEY → KEALIE a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening’s informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit → Sc.
1844 — SHINDY a party or gathering, esp. a noisy one with dancing; a spree, a frolic, a shindig → Amer. dial.
1846 — BAKE a social gathering at which a meal, esp. of baked food, is served → Amer. dial.
1846 — THROUGH-GANGINGS social gatherings, jollifications → Eng. dial.
1848 — AIK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering → Eng. dial.
1848 — FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering → Amer. dial.
1848 — HACK → HAIKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering → Eng. dial.
1848 — HAKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering → Eng. dial.
.M19 — LICKING POST a gathering place → US sl.
1856 — GANDER-PARTY a social gathering consisting of men only
1863 — BIG TIME a convivial party or celebration; a social gathering; an enjoyable time → Amer. dial.
1871 — SHINDIG a noisy party; a lively gathering of any kind
1886 — DOG-HANGING any social gathering → Eng. dial.
1891 — RAM-SAMMY a family quarrel; a noisy gathering → Eng. dial.
1895 — REPAIR a concourse of people; a resorting, gathering → Sc.
1897 — GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip → sl., orig. US
1898 — LICK-LOG a gathering place → Amer. dial.
..20C — BREAK-DOWN a convivial gathering → colloq.
1900 — DINGLE a group, a gathering → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — MAGAZINE a crowd, a gathering → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NEST a collection, gathering of any kind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — DITTY a social gathering → Amer. dial.
1911 — BELLY-RIVE a great feast; a social gathering → Sc. (Bk.)
1931 — KENSINGTON a social gathering → Amer. dial.
1932 — BIG DOINGS a celebration, a party; a formal social ceremony or gathering → Amer. dial.
1936 — DING-DONG a wild party or gathering → UK sl.
1942 — HENFEST a women’s gathering or party → Amer. sl.
1944 — BAMBACHE → BAMBOCHE a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree → Amer. dial.
1946 — PERCOLATOR a social gathering, usually with music, for the purpose of raising money for rent → Amer. dial.
1947 — AFTER-DAYSET evening; an evening social gathering → Sc. 
1948 — KENSON a social gathering → Amer. dial.
1960 — RAVE a lively party or rowdy gathering → sl.
1963 — KNEES-UP a wild party or similar gathering, typically featuring energetic dancing → Brit. sl.
1967 — RAVE-UP a lively party or rowdy gathering → sl.
1977 — GANGBANG a social gathering → UK sl.
1990 — SAUSAGE FEST a mostly male gathering → US students’ sl.
1990 — SAUSAGE PARTY a mostly male gathering → US students’ sl.
2006 — FANNY-BUMPER an event that draws so many people that they bump into one another → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1611 — ACCUMULATOR a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer
1721 — JUNKETER orig., a person who holds or attends a feast, banquet or other festive gathering; a reveller; a party-goer

VERBS
1513 — JARG of a door or gate: to make a creaking noise, to grate, to jar, to vibrate → chiefly Sc. obs.
1589 — RAMASH → RAMASS to gather together → obs.
1594 — ACCRUE to gather up, to collect → obs.
1596 — ACCOIL to gather together, to collect → obs.
1781 — SCRAMB to pull or rake together with the hands; to gather a handful of anything from the ground → Eng. dial. obs.
1790 — BIKE to swarm like bees; also, to gather, to assemble, to crowd → Sc.
1810 — SCRAP to gather together; to pick up → Sc. obs.
1847 — SAM(M) to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with ‘together’ or ‘up’ → Eng. dial.
1863 — MEECH to gather up by picking or begging → Eng. dial.
1866 — SCRAWL to scrape up; to gather together; to toss about in a confused, disorderly manner → Eng. dial.
1873 — SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch → Sc.
1884 — TAKE UP to collect, to gather up → Eng. dial.
1900 — DINGLE to draw together, to gather → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — GARBER to gather or rake together greedily → Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
1902 — HATTER to gather, to collect in crowds → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRAWM to gather hastily together; to rake together; to seek after greedily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1958 — MAKE THE SCENE to arrive and participate in a social gathering → US sl.